It was a rough day on the tennis courts for both of the Ankeny and Ankeny Centennial boys’ teams on Tuesday.
The Jaguars dropped an 11-0 decision to visiting Dowling Catholic, which swept all 11 matches in straight sets. The Maroons won three of the matches without dropping a game.
Dowling remained unbeaten in dual competition, improving to 3-0 in the CIML Conference and 5-0 overall. Centennial’s records fell to 1-2 and 3-3.
Ankeny, meanwhile, suffered an 11-0 loss at Johnston. The Dragons are now 2-1 in the league and 4-1 overall, while the Hawks’ records fell to 0-4 and 1-4.
The Jaguars will host another conference meet against Valley on Thursday. The Tigers are 2-1 in the league and 3-1 overall.
Both Centennial and Ankeny will then compete in the Dennis Hoefle Invitational on Friday, which will be hosted by the Hawks at the Prairie Ridge courts.
Here are the match-by-match results from the Jaguars’ meet on Tuesday:
Dowling Catholic 11, Ankeny Centennial 0
Singles: Cody beat Braun, 6-3, 6-4; Chapman beat George, 6-3, 6-4; Dessimoz beat R. Dickinson, 6-0, 6-1; Cownie beat Goff, 6-0, 6-0; Beecher beat Brazeau, 6-0, 6-0; Kneifl beat Kolars, 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles: Cody-Chapman beat Braun-George, 6-0, 6-0; Dessimoz-Beecher beat R. Dickinson-Goff, 6-0, 6-3; Cownie-Kneifl beat Brazeau-Kolars, 6-4, 6-4; Flynn-O’Neill beat B. Dickinson-Brooks, 6-1, 6-1; Ranallo-DeJong beat Law-May, 7-5, 6-1.